Interview: Quantic.NaNiwa - Page 14

So nice to see all this media coverage of Nani lately. He's easily my favourite SC2 player, not just for his skill but also for his strong and honest mentality as well as seeing his own areas where he needs to improve. Bra jobbat Johan!

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he seems socially retarded. I hope Naniwa can mature as a person so he can be a great player and someone who isn't talked down on.

Actually... I understand every bit of what was stated in this interview... If somebody doesn't then probably he's retarded intelectually

Thats not what socially retarded means.. It's not that he cant articulate his thoughts, it means he doesn't know how to interact with others / doesnt fit well into society. Which unfortunately is somewhat true, he has a bad knack of pissing people off by accident, due to doing something that isnt socially acceptable, like calling Nestea an idiot etc.

I think Naniwa just doesn't have a brain "filter" in terms of what he should say and what he shouldn't. Don't get me wrong I think hes a great player, but he does have the ability to be abraisive....

Yeah, he's awkward sometimes, but I it's some serious overstatement to say that he "doesn't fit well into society"... And it doesn't say anything good about you either, cause it's almost like discriminating somebody due to some personal characteristics of this person. If anything, all this means that people are xenophobic and non-tolerant. For me personally I find Naniwa to be a great personality, very honest, at times very serious about his profession, and quite special. And this makes him so valuable. If you say, that he "doesn't fit into society" because he doesn't behave as most of people then that's fine, cause most of people don't have much to show... Most people are just dull. And I guess "social" in your understanding, cause they "fit well into society"...

Amazing interview!and to the people who dislike his personality, i just want to say.. imagine how much less interesting sc2 would be without outspoken personalities. Ofcourse they might say some things that are not always the best, or that you might disagree with, but at least they are willing to share their honest thoughts with the world, and create amazing storylines, which is generally good for the game.

If i look at post-interviews with soccer players, they are so neutered by media training that you almost never get to hear interesting things.

No humility, disrespects his peers constantly, makes bizarre statements on balance, and just has one of those sour faces that you'd love to throw pies and rotten fruit at. Can't think of an SC2 player i like less.

On May 18 2012 13:21 tskarzyn wrote:No humility, disrespects his peers constantly, makes bizarre statements on balance, and just has one of those sour faces that you'd love to throw pies and rotten fruit at. Can't think of an SC2 player i like less.

More focused than almost any other, disrespected by his peers constantly, hated for honest answers he gives when people ask to interview him, and such awesome hair. Can't think of a foreign protoss gsl ro8 maker I like more.

On May 18 2012 13:21 tskarzyn wrote:No humility, disrespects his peers constantly, makes bizarre statements on balance, and just has one of those sour faces that you'd love to throw pies and rotten fruit at. Can't think of an SC2 player i like less.

lolDoes naniwa offrace at all? Protoss late game is weaker than terran? Hes just lost all credibility to me. Well i guess he never really had any in the first place since that time he qqed about protoss on gsl after his 1 base blinkstalker all in failed.

If terran frees up supply and gets planetaries protoss can counter by stockpiling hts and build canons and make a million pylons+gateways not to mention get a lot of colloso and mothership like ...... protoss has the strongest late game its just protoss players have lacked the skill to get there for a long time.

On May 18 2012 07:44 1ManArmy wrote:Amazing interview!and to the people who dislike his personality, i just want to say.. imagine how much less interesting sc2 would be without outspoken personalities. Ofcourse they might say some things that are not always the best, or that you might disagree with, but at least they are willing to share their honest thoughts with the world, and create amazing storylines, which is generally good for the game.

If i look at post-interviews with soccer players, they are so neutered by media training that you almost never get to hear interesting things.